Extensible shade-hanger



(No Model.) J JOSEPH.

EXTBNSIBLB SHADE HANGBR.

ia-17,750; Patented A t-'3, 11894. 5

T OFFIGE.

JACOB JOSEPH, OF SHA-MOKIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

EXTENSIBLE SHADE-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming art of Letters Patent No. 517,750, dated April3,1894. I Application filed October 11, 1893. Serial No- 487,856. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB JOSEPH, a citizen of the United States,residing in Shamokin,-in the county of Northumberland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my extensible and adjustablehanger. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view. Fig. 3 is a rear view of a portionof the hanger. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on line mm in Figs.2 and 3. Fig. 5 isa detail view of the hinged clasp or clamp. g

Like letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

This invention has relation to extensible hangers for window-shaderollers, and my improvement consists in the novel construction andcombination of parts of an all-metal adjustable hanger as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

On the accompanying drawings, the letter A denotes one of the slidablebars,'and B the other parallel bar, both being made of metal (preferablymalleable strap-iron), of suitable dimensions to give the necessarystiffness and rigidity to the device without making it un-,

necessarily heavy. These bars are flat, as shown on the drawings, andare bent at right angles at their outer ends, so as to form an elbow Aon bar A, which has a centralaperture a for the insertion of the tenonor pivot on the shade roller (indicated in dotted lines), while theother elbow B of bar B has a slot 1), adapted-to receive and formabearing for the squared tenon at the other end of a springroller. Theouter ends of these elbows or bearings A and B are bent inwardly, asshown more clearly in the top View, Fig. 3, to make room for theprojecting ends of the roller pivots or trunnions, when the roller isplaced in the hanger, in theposition shown in dotted lines. At its otheror inner end, the

flat bar A is made with a rectangular loop-C,

which is bent or deflected outwardly so as to make room for theinsertion of bar B; the

end piece a of this loop being thinned out to bar B is made with aterminal loop or bail D at its extreme inner end, of 1 precisely thesame size, shape, and construction as the loop 0 appertaining'to bar Aand for the same purpose, viz: the insertion and holding ofthe slidablebar A. It will thus be seen, that bars A and B areconnected, movably, toeach other by the deflected end-loops O and-D, in such manner that theycan slide upon one another in the direction of their length, so that thecompound bar, comprising" the two slidable parts or sections A and B,may be extended, as shown in dotted lines, to correspond to the lengthof the shade-roller.

In practice, it is best first to adjust the hanger to fit the roller,and after this has been done, the hanger is placed in its properposition in the window frame or casing, and fastened securely by meansof screws or nails inserted through holes, at d, punched or drilled inthe slidable arms A andB for that purpose.

After the'hanger has been properly adjusted to fit the shade-roller,the'slidable parts A and B are locked together by means of a hingedfriction clamp or clasp E, having an extension F by which it isfastened, bya rivet f, upon the front side of the bar A; the riv etingbeing loose enough, however, to permit the clasp to turn on it as upon ahinge or pivot. This clasp is made of spring steel, with its sides'orflaps e e bent slightly toward each other, as shown ,in Fig. 5, and oneof said flaps on its inner side formed with an inwardly projecting ribg, which is adapted to engage any one of a series of equidistant notchesor depressions'G, G, in the rear side of bar B. These notches are simplyequi-disor back upon bar A until the clasp has been again raised, so asto disengage the rib g from its appropriate notch G.

In order to prevent the squared springtenon of the roller from slippingout of its bearing in arms B B, the slot 1) is made with a lip, 11',overhanging the opening or inlet to the slot, so that the roller cannotbecome accidentally dislodged or displaced from its bearings in theadjustable hanger.

It will be seen that myimproved extensible or adjustable hanger is madeexclusively of metal (iron), in a form (flat bar-iron, or strapiron) inwhich this comes in the marketfrom the rolling-mills and foundries, sothat the bars A and B require no other manipulation to adapt them for myhanger than the formation of the elbow-bearings A and B, theslidableloops C and D, and punching the holes (1 d for the insertion ofthe permanent fastening nails or-screws. The only other part is thepivoted friction-clasp E, which'can be stamped out of a thinsheet ofsuitably tempered spring steel,:and is easily bent to its proper shape.This hanger can be made,

. shade rollers, thecombination with the slid able bars A and B,provided respectively, with the elbow bearings A and B deflected loops0, D, and apertures cl, d, and one of said barsformed on its outer sidewith a series of equidistant notches, of the spring clamp E, hinged toone of said bars and provided with an inwardly projectingrib g,

adapted to engage with said notches, substantially as described.

In testimony that I. claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in: presence of two witnesses.

JACOB JOSEPH.

Witnesses:

LoUIs BAGGER, AUGUST PETERSON.

